Support for Statewide Energy Strategies

The bill requires the director of the division of oil and public safety in the department of labor and employment to adopt rules concerning retail electric vehicle charging by July 1, 2026, and to enforce the rules beginning July 1, 2027. The bill also broadens the allowable uses of money in the electric vehicle grant fund within the Colorado energy office to include:

• Operational and policy work to support electric vehicle adoption, electric vehicle charging, and affordable, clean electricity for electric motor vehicles, including covering the administrative costs of this work; and
• Support for the development and enforcement of retail electric vehicle charging rules by the division of oil and public safety.
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)